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42-18 LLC and its affiliates (hereinafter referred to as either “HoopsHQ”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respect your concerns about privacy and personal data protection and value our relationship with you, and as such take the private nature of your personal information very seriously. Our goal is to provide you with relevant information tailored to your individual needs, while at the same time protecting the privacy you justifiably value. This privacy policy describes how we treat the information we collect when you visit our websites, use our services, register for our daily email, and/or sign up for a mobile product (collectively the “Services”). Please be sure to read this notice carefully.
By affirmatively accepting these terms, or otherwise using the Services, you hereby agree with and consent to the collection and processing of your personal information as described in this privacy policy.
As further described herein, your personal information may be collected, processed and stored by HoopsHQ or its service providers in the United States and other countries where such servers reside. You hereby agree with and consent to the transfer of your personal information to the United States and other countries where we and our service providers operate.
You may have a legal right to withdraw your consent to our collection and processing of your information, or to the transfer of your personal information across borders. To request to withdraw your consent, please contact us as set forth below.
Information Collected
Personal Information: To receive your HoopsHQ emails, all we require is for you to provide your email address. So that we may provide you with additional services, contests, or sweepstakes, and also content that is more interesting and relevant to you in particular, we may also request additional information such as your name, age, telephone number, zip code, or other information required for the additional Services. We may also request certain information from you that is not required for use of the Services, such as annual income, shopping preferences or age. This information is known as demographic and profile data, and is 100% optional. If you choose to share it, this data may be used to improve our site and/or tailor your experience, by delivering you content that we think might be of interest to you and displaying it according to your preferences. You will be informed what personal information is required and what information is optional when asked to submit personal information to us.
From time to time, HoopsHQ may offer sweepstakes, games and other contests on the Services either by itself or in conjunction with a third party partner. You may be asked to provide your name, mailing address and/or email address and date of birth, as well as certain other information on an optional basis, in order to participate in such sweepstakes or contest. This information may also be used by HoopsHQ or its third party partner to send you information about our or such third party partner’s services in the form of an email or regular mail communication or a telephone call. HoopsHQ will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of receiving such communications from HoopsHQ each time you receive such a communication. However, HoopsHQ does not control, and shall not be responsible for, the privacy policies or practices of its third party partners. If you no longer wish to receive such communications from any third party partner of HoopsHQ in a sweepstakes or other contest that you may enter, you will need to contact such third party partner directly.
We may combine the personal information you submit directly through the Services with other personal information we have collected from you, whether on- or offline. We may also combine it with information we receive about you from other sources, such as other companies and publicly available information sources. We use this information to update, validate or supplement the information that you provide or that we collect automatically in order to, a) target our communications and advertising so that we can inform you of products, services and offers that may be of interest, and b) for internal research, analytics and improvement of our Services.
We use and disclose personal information you provide to us: (1) to respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, such as to send you documents you request or e-mail; (2) to send you important information regarding our relationship with you or regarding the Services, changes to our terms, conditions, and policies and/or other administrative information; and (3) for our business purposes, such as marketing new products and services, data analysis, audits, developing new products or services, operating or enhancing our Services, identifying Services usage trends, providing the Services, maintaining customer relationships, improving the quality, safety, and security of our Services, administering your account(s), troubleshooting, evaluating Service performance, providing customer support, and determining the effectiveness of our Services.
Log Files and Cookies: Like most standard website servers we, and our service providers, use log files or “cookies” to collect certain information from users of the Services. These include: IP address; time zones, browser type and language; operating system; ISP provider; platform type; device type; software and hardware attributes; unique device, advertising, and app identifiers; Internet network and device activity data such as information about files you download, domain names, landing pages, browsing activity, content or ads viewed and clicked, dates and times of access, pages viewed, products, goods or services viewed, forms you complete or partially complete, search terms, uploads or downloads, the URL that referred you to our Services, the websites you visit after this website; if you share our content to social media platforms; and other web usage activity and data logged by our web servers, whether you open an email and your interaction with email content, access times, error logs, and other similar information; Geolocation information such as country, city, state and ZIP code associated with your IP address or derived through Wi-Fi triangulation; time zones; and precise geolocation information from GPS-based functionality on your mobile devices, with your permission in accordance with your mobile device settings. We and our service providers use this information for security purposes, to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. If you would prefer not to accept cookies, most browsers will allow you to: (i) change your browser settings to notify you when you receive a cookie, which lets you choose whether or not to accept it; (ii) to disable existing cookies; or (iii) to set your browser to automatically reject any cookies. If you set your browser to reject cookies, part of the Services may not work for you.
Your selection of the “Do Not Track” option provided by your browser may not have any effect on our collection of cookie information for analytic and internal purposes. The only way to completely opt out of the collection of any information through cookies or other tracking technology is to actively manage the settings on your browser or device to delete and disable cookies and other tracking/recording tools. Please note, depending on your type of device or browser, it may not be possible to delete or disable all tracking mechanisms on your device.
Review and Access: Upon your request, we will be happy to provide you with a summary of the information we collect about you. You will have the opportunity to correct, update or modify any of this information.
Choice/Opt-Out: If we ever send you information by email concerning new products or services that you did not expressly request, HoopsHQ will provide you with an email address by which you may request no future notices.
How We Share and Use Personal Information
Sharing for Services Administration: We may provide your information to our affiliates or to service providers for purposes related to Services administration, such as website hosting and moderating, mobile application hosting, data analysis, infrastructure provision, credit card processing, IT services, e-mail services, marketing services, auditing services, and other services, in order to enable them to provide services. These service providers include Sailthru and our analytics providers. If you use a credit or debit card to complete a transaction through our Services, we may share your personal information and credit card number with a credit card processing and/or a fulfillment company in order to complete your transaction, or such service provider(s) may collect that information from you directly, on our behalf.
Website Analytics: The Services use third-party analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Parse.ly) to collect and process data about your use of the Services, including when you visit the Services, URLs of the websites that you visit prior to visiting the Services and when you visit those websites, and IP addresses assigned to the devices from where you access the Internet. Our analytics providers may set and read cookies to collect this data and your web browser will automatically send data collected by those cookies to our analytics providers. Our analytics providers use this data to provide us with reports that we will use to improve the Services’ structure and content.
For more information on how Google uses this data, visit Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s page on How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps. To prevent this data from being used by Google Analytics, follow the instructions to download and install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for each browser you use. Using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on will not prevent Company from using other analytics tools and will not prevent data from being sent to the Services themselves or to Google. For more information about how Google Analytics uses cookies to measure user interactions on websites, visit Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites. You may disable cookies as discussed above, but that may impact your use and enjoyment of the Services.
Sharing for Additional Content, Products and Services: We also make some content, products and services available through cooperative relationships with service providers, where the brands of our service provider appear in connection with such content, products and/or services. We may share with our service provider any information you provide, or that is collected, in the course of visiting any pages that are made available in cooperation with our service provider.
If you do not wish certain information to be shared for these purposes, please contact us at tips@HoopsHQ.com.
Sharing Information for Advertising and Other Promotional Purposes: We may use service providers and third-party advertising service providers to target and serve some of the advertisements you see through HoopsHQ. We may share your information, or technical or aggregate information, with service providers, third-party advertising service providers, our affiliates, third parties and advertisers for their use in displaying ads through our Services or for other promotional purposes, including displaying ads on other sites and apps. The technical or aggregate information may be based on data that includes your information and such items as type of pages viewed and categories of interest. These service providers, third-party advertising service providers, affiliates, third parties and advertisers may use their own browser or flash cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to collect technical information (such as device unique identifier, IP address, MAC address, browser type, pages visited, and location information) that is generated automatically as a user views or interacts with an ad. These service providers, third-party advertising service providers, affiliates, third parties and advertisers may use that information, sometimes in conjunction with similar information gathered through other websites and other sources, to deliver advertisements through HoopsHQ or for other promotional purposes. They also may use that information to deliver advertisements, or for other promotional purposes, on other websites, as well as on other websites that participate in our third-party advertising service providers’ advertising networks, which are tailored to match the perceived interests of consumers. The information obtained by service providers, third-party advertising service providers, affiliates, third parties and advertisers also may be used to help measure and research an advertisement’s effectiveness, or for other purposes. We may create and update inferences about you and audience segments that can be used for targeted advertising and marketing on the Services, third party services and platforms, and mobile apps. We may combine the information we collect about you, including from third parties, and conduct cross-device tracking for the marketing and advertising purposes above.
If you do not wish certain information to be shared for these purposes, please contact us at tips@HoopsHQ.com.
Sharing for Other Purposes: Please be aware that we may occasionally release information about you if required to do so by law or if, in our business judgment, such disclosure is reasonably necessary: (a) to comply with legal process; (b) to enforce our Terms of Service; or (c) to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our services, us, our affiliates, our officers, directors, employees, representatives, our licensors, other users, and/or the public.
Please also note that as our business grows, we may buy or sell various assets. If we sell some or all of our assets, or HoopsHQ is acquired by another company, information collected about our users may be among the transferred assets.
We also use and disclose information that is not in personally identifiable form (such as anonymized, masked or de-identified information) for any purpose. If we combine information that is not in personally identifiable form with information that is (such as combining your name with your geographical location), we will treat the combined information as personal information as long as it is combined.
Links to Other Sites: In our quest to bring you the most relevant, actionable content possible, HoopsHQ may create links allowing you to access third-party sites. HoopsHQ is not responsible for the content that appears on those sites and does not necessarily endorse these sites. Please consult those sites’ individual privacy policies in order to determine how they treat user information.
Security: HoopsHQ takes reasonable measures designed to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. Please be aware, however, that no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure and any information disclosed online can potentially be collected and used by parties other than the intended recipient. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us in accordance with this privacy policy.
Your Privacy Rights: California residents have certain rights with regards to our collection of their personal information. These rights include:
In the preceding 12 months, we have disclosed personal information for business purposes as described above in this privacy policy, including as described under “Sharing for Services Administration” and “Sharing for Other Purposes.” The use of personal information disclosed for these purposes may include identifiers (e.g., names, email addresses, IP addresses), Internet activity, and geolocation data.
In the preceding 12 months, we have sold personal information (as “sale” is defined under the CCPA) to third parties such as advertising partners and marketing affiliates, including for those purposes described above under “Website Analytics,” “Sharing for Additional Content, Products and Services,” and “Sharing Information for Advertising and Other Promotional Purposes.” These third parties may include those doing business as LiveIntent, Facebook, Keywee, Google, Skimlinks, Kutoku, AvantLink, Amazon, Pepperjam, Curacity and Kickbooster. The use of personal information disclosed for these purposes may include identifiers (e.g., names, email addresses, IP addresses), Internet activity, and geolocation data.
California residents may exercise these rights by submitting a verifiable request to us by emailing tips@HoopsHQ.com. To opt out of our sale of your personal information, please click this link: Do Not Sell My Personal Information.
Additionally, under California’s “Shine the Light Law”, California residents who provide personal information in obtaining products or services for personal, family, or household use are entitled to request and obtain from us once a calendar year information about the customer information we shared, if any, with other businesses for their own direct marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of customer information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared customer information for the immediately prior calendar year. To obtain this information on behalf of HoopsHQ, please send an email message to tips@HoopsHQ.com with “Request for California Privacy Information” in the subject line and in the body of your message. We will provide the requested information to you at your email address in the response. Please be aware that not all information is covered by the “Shine the Light” requirements and only information on covered sharing will be included in our response.
Access: Upon request by the individual, if required by applicable law, HoopsHQ will grant individuals reasonable access to their personal information. Such access may include: (1) confirmation as to whether or not personal information concerning him or her are being processed; (2) the purposes of the processing; (3) the categories of personal information concerned; (4) the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the processing data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations; (5) if possible, the period for which the personal information will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period; (6) the existence of the right to request from HoopsHQ rectification or erasure of personal information or restriction of processing of personal information concerning the data subject or to object to such processing; (7) information about the source of the data, if not directly from the data subject; (8) whether the personal information will be subject to automated processing, including profiling and, if so, the logic and potential consequences involved; and (9) if the data is transferred to a third country or international organization, information about the safeguards that apply.
Rectification: If the data subject requests, personal information collected by HoopsHQ will be corrected based on information provided by the data subject. Where necessary, HoopsHQ will take steps to validate the information by the data subject to ensure that it is accurate before amending it.
Erasure: If the data subject requests, their personal information collected by HoopsHQ will be erased without undue delay provided that one of the following applies: (1) the personal information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected; (2) the data subject withdraws consent and there is no other legal ground for processing; (3) if required by applicable law, the data subject objects to the processing of the personal information; (4) the personal information have been unlawfully processed; (5) the personal information has to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation of HoopsHQ; or (6) where the personal information was relevant to the data subject as a child.
Portability: If required by applicable law, upon the data subject’s request, their personal information collected by HoopsHQ will be provided to them in a structured, commonly-used and machine-readable format or the personal information will be transferred to another party.
Deletion of Account: Should you ever decide to delete your HoopsHQ account, you may do so by unsubscribing. If you terminate your account, any association between your account and information HoopsHQ stores will no longer be accessible through your account.
Additional Rights: Laws in certain jurisdictions grant consumers the right to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use, and disclosure of your information. If you are a California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, or Virginia resident, or a resident of the EEA, UK, Canada, or Switzerland, you may be able to request:
Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia also may have sale/targeted advertising opt out rights as well. Applicable law may further provide you with the right to not be discriminated against for exercising your rights. If you have any concerns or complaints about our data processing activities, we urge you to first try to resolve such issues directly with us. However, if applicable, you may make a complaint to the data protection supervisory authority in your country about our processing of your personal data. Residents of certain other countries may be able request one or more of the above under applicable law. Your rights and our responses will vary based on your state or country of residency. You may be located in a jurisdiction where we are not obligated, or are unable, to fulfill a request. In such a case, your request may not be fulfilled. Please note that certain rights and information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. For example, we need certain information for legal compliance or in order to provide the Services to you. In addition, where you may have these rights, the exercise of them is not absolute. Your rights may, for example, be outweighed by our rights and/or the rights of freedom of expression and information. Under Nevada law, Nevada residents who have purchased goods or services from us may opt out of the “sale” of “covered information” (as such terms are defined under Nevada law). If you are a Nevada resident, you may submit a request to opt out of such activity by emailing tips@HoopsHQ.com. Please note we may take reasonable steps to verify your identity and the authenticity of the request.
Targeted Advertising Opt Out Rights: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia residents may opt out of the “sale” of their personal information (as personal information/personal data defined by those states’ laws) or processing or sharing of such information for online targeted advertising purposes. We sell or share certain of your information to third parties that may directly provide you with offers and promotions and opportunities that may be of interest to you. We also allow third parties to receive certain information, such as cookies, IP address, and/or browsing behavior and information about your potential interests or characteristics, to deliver targeted advertising to you on the Services or other services. This activity may also be considered a sale under applicable law. Advertising, including targeted advertising, enables us to provide you certain content for free and allows us to provide you offers relevant to you. Depending on what Services you use, we may sell the following personal information or share or process it for targeted advertising: Contact information; device information and identifier; connection and usage data; demographic and statistical information, including age, date of birth, gender, income and other personal finance information, religion, union or guild membership, and race or ethnicity; interest information including, health and wellness information, lifestyle information, hobbies, product ownership, purchase history or intentions; user-generated content; geolocation; and social media information. Please note that we do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age without legally-required affirmative authorization. Even if you opt out, you will still see advertising, it just may be less relevant to you, or it may be personalized for you based only on the data that we have collected about you. You must opt out on each device and each browser and for each brand where you want your choice to apply. Your preference may be lost if you clear, or your browser is set to clear, cookies. If you have enabled a legally recognized browser-based opt out preference signal (such as Global Privacy Control) on your browser, we recognize such preference in accordance and to the extent required by applicable law. You will need to turn this on for each browser you use.
International Users: HoopsHQ is based in the United States. By accessing or using the Services or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to the processing and transfer of information in and to the U.S. and other countries. While this privacy policy applies to personal information generally, the local laws, rules and regulations of jurisdictions that are applicable to HoopsHQ (“Local Laws”) may require standards which are stricter than this privacy policy and, in such event, HoopsHQ will comply with applicable Local Laws. Specific privacy policies may be adopted to address the specific privacy requirements of particular jurisdictions. Your personal information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or service providers. Irrespective of which country your personal information is transferred, we would only share your personal information under a ‘need to know’ basis. In these circumstances we will, as required by applicable law, ensure that your privacy rights are protected by organizational, technical, contractual and/or other lawful means.
Europe Data Subjects
In European Economic Area and Switzerland (“Europe”), “Personal Data” is defined very broadly and includes any information about a natural person, who can be identified, directly or indirectly, from data that we hold about them or from data that is combined with other information. Europe data protection law requires us to have a legal basis before processing any Personal Data about you. The legal basis for us processing your Personal Data for the above purposes may be because: (i) you have provided your consent; (ii) it is necessary to for the performance of a contract with you; (iii) the processing is necessary for our compliance with a legal obligation; or (iv) the processing is in our legitimate interests. To the extent provided by applicable law, you may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us, or object at any time on legitimate grounds, to the processing of your Personal Data. In some circumstances, withdrawing your consent to our use or disclosure of your Personal Data will mean that you cannot take advantage of certain products or services.
We may transfer your Personal Data outside Europe to the United States or any country that HoopsHQ or its service providers may have operations. Such countries do not have the same data protection laws as Europe. Any transfer of your personal information will be subject to a European Commission approved contract (as permitted under the General Data Protection Regulation) that is designed to help safeguard your privacy rights and give you remedies in the unlikely event of a misuse of your personal information. To obtain a copy of the such safeguards please contact us.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation you have a number of important rights free of charge. In summary, those include rights to:
For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on individuals rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (or other relevant guidance).
If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please email, call, or write to us with the following:
How to Complain
The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European state where you work, normally live, or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred.
A complaint may be submitted directly to us:
Name: Kunal Jain
Address: 42-18 LLC, 787 7th Avenue Fl 48, New York NY 10019, United States.
Telephone: +1-646-786-1310
Email: dpo@HoopsHQ.com
If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer or HoopsHQ directly. Our current DPO is:
Compliance: HoopsHQ will use a self-assessment approach to verify compliance with this privacy policy and periodically verify that the privacy policy is accurate, comprehensive for the information intended to be covered, prominently displayed, implemented and accessible.
If you believe that your personal information has been processed or disclosed in violation of this privacy policy, HoopsHQ encourages you to raise any concerns using the contact information provided in this privacy policy or by utilizing the Complaint Form provided below. HoopsHQ will investigate and attempt to resolve any complaints and disputes regarding use and disclosure of personal information.
Minors: We do not intentionally collect information from individuals under the age of 13 or 16 in the EU. The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of 13 (or 16 in the EU) and we request that these individuals not provide personal information through the Services.
Modification to This Policy: HoopsHQ reserves the right to modify this policy, but in the event we do so we will maintain complete transparency — any changes to the policy will be immediately posted here, so be sure to check back for future information.
Contact Us: If you have any questions about this policy or our site in general, please contact tips@HoopsHQ.com.
Complaint Form
Reporting a complaint to HoopsHQ Data Protection Officer (DPO)
All individuals whose personal data has been collected or processed by HoopsHQ are encouraged to inform HoopsHQ DPO of material privacy issues that can be perceived as violations of their rights.
The DPO may also be able to provide advice or guidance that may be helpful in responding to the complaint.
The purpose of this Complaint Form is to assist the DPO in identifying any infringement on the data subject’s rights.
Any complaint can be reported as follows:
By email: dpo@HoopsHQ.com
By phone: +1-646-786-1310
By mail: 42-18 LLC, 787 7th Avenue Fl 48, New York NY 10019, United States.
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First and Last Name | |
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Email Address | |
Other relevant identification you wish to provide |
Object of your complaint. | |
Please identify as much information as possible. | |
Identify any specific individuals or operational groups. |
Please copy, paste and submit this form through email to: dpo@HoopsHQ.com.
or by mail to: Data Protection Officer at 42-18 LLC, 787 7th Avenue Fl 49, New York, NY 10019, United States.
Last Updated: October 30, 2024